Abstract
Middle-Irish tale on The of Christ's Blood (Digail Fola Crist) is not parallel to the apocryph called Vindicta Salvatoris. Based on a compilation drawing mainly from the Ecclesiastical History by Eusebius of Cesarea, the Irish story falls into three parts, a biography of James the first bishop of Jerusalem, ending with the martyrizing of the same, then the signs or wonders foretelling the destruction of Jerusalem, and lastly the description of the siege, AD 70, and of the numerous cruelties which then occurred. These last two parts rely on the War of the Jews by Flavius Josephus, through the quotations made by Eusebius. By its composition, the tale seems to bestow an additional meaning to the word Revenge: what has to be revenged is not only Christ's death, but also (and foremost) the death of his parent, James Minor, as it is suggested by the title, Revenge of Christ's Blood. Obviously, the compiler totally accepts Eusebius' opinion according to which the siege of Jerusalem was an extraor...
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